Hardcover - 544 pages
Published by: McGraw Hill
Publication Date: March 29, 1999
Dimensions (in inches): 1.78 x 9.33 x 6.31
ISBN: 0070482640
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Planning is Just One Tool: What Other Tools are Needed
Chapter 2 - Planning Principles
Chapter 3 - Scheduling Principles
Chapter 4 - What Makes the Difference and Pulls It All Together
Chapter 5 - Basic Planning
Chapter 6 - Basic Scheduling
Chapter 7 - Forms and Resources Overview
Chapter 8 - The Computer in Maintenance
Chapter 9 - Consideration of Preventive Maintenance, Predictive Maintenance and Project Work
Chapter 10 - Control
Chapter 11 - Conclusion: Start Planning
Appendix A - Concise Text of Missions, Principles and Guidelines
Appendix B - Forms
Appendix C - What to Buy and Where
Appendix D - Sample Work Orders
Appendix E - Step by Step Overview of Planner Duties
Appendix F - Step by Step Overviews of Others' Duties
Appendix G - Sample Work Sampling (Wrench Time) Study - Ministudy
Appendix H - Sample Work Sampling (Wrench Time) Study - Full Blown Study
Appendix I - The Actual Dynamics of Scheduling
Appendix J - Work Order System and Codes
Appendix K - Equipment Schematics and Tagging
Appendix L - Computerized Maintenance Management Systems
Appendix M - Setting Up a Planning Group
Appendix N - Example Formal Job Description for Maintenance Planners
Appendix O - Example Training Tests
Appendix P - Questions for Managers to Ask to Improve Maintenance Planning
Our Review
The Foreword to this book (by Robert Baldwin, Editor of Maintenance Technology Magazine) sums up this book nicely when he says that "Most articles and conference papers on planning and scheduling stress its strategic importance, but they do not delve into the practical details because of limitations imposed by article length or conference programming. Doc has leapt over this hurdle with this Maintenance Planning and Scheduling Handbook. There is now a ready reference to take the action-oriented maintenance practitioner to the level of understanding needed to install a planning and scheduling function and make it work". Full of practical observations and tips, this book should be on every Maintenance practioners bookshelf - from those who are just starting to establish Maintenance Scheduling processes and practices at their workplace, to those who are looking to fine-tune their existing processes.
This is a hefty tome - weighing in at 544 pages of fairly dense type, with about 40% of this being in very detailed, and useful, appendices. The book starts by putting Planning and Scheduling into perspective - how does it integrate with the overall Maintenance process (and the needs of the business), and the other maintenance tools that most organisations use. It discusses what planning is, and what it is not, and deals with a few common misconceptions in doing so. It then discusses basic, but key Maintenance Planning and Scheduling principles that Doc has found to work, when implementing Planning and Scheduling processes. Among these principles are
that planners should be organized into a separate department from the craft maintenance crews
that planners focus on future work - work that has not yet been started. Crew supervisors handle the current day's work and problems
that planners maintain records based on equipment tag numbers
that planners use personal experience and file records to develop work plans to avoid anticipated work delays and quality or safety problems
that planners recognise craft skills - the planner focuses on "what" - the craft technician on "how"
that "wrench time" is the primary measure of work force efficiency, and of planning and scheduling effectiveness
that job plans detailing the quantity and skills of labour required to perform a job are necessary for advance scheduling
that weekly and daily schedules must be adhered to as closely as possible
that weekly schedules are developed based on a forecast of highest skills available during that period
that the weekly schedule assigns work for every available work hour
that the crew supervisor develops a daily schedule one day in advance
that schedule compliance is the primary measure of adherence to effective planning and scheduling
While more experienced practitioners may disagree with some of these principles, they are supported by a lot of common sense and detailed discussion, backed up by practical examples.
The book then moves on to discuss Basic Planning - in the form of "A Day in the Life of a Maintenance Planner"It discusses Work Order systems, Equipment Records, Scoping and Estimating, Obtaining Parts, Safety and many other aspects in a very practical, "how to" manner. The next Chapter is on Basic Scheduling - how to create a Weekly Schedule, Staging Parts and Tools, Daily Scheduling and others - again in the same, practical and instructive manner. Further chapters deal with the use of Forms, CMMS systems (although this chapter is necessarily brief, given the breadth of packages available on the market today, and the continuing rapid development of technology in this area), and Controlling Maintenance.
The ample Appendices cover such aspects as:
Guidelines for deciding if work is proactive or reactive
Guidelines for deciding whether to stage parts
Numerous sample forms - covering inspection checklists, labour availability worksheets and many, many more
Where to buy office supplies relating to Maintenance Planning - such as tags, labels, files etc.
Sample Work Orders
Step-by-Step Overview of Planners Duties
Step-by-Step Overview of Others Duties
Sample Work Sampling (Wrench Time) Studies
Work Order System and Codes
Guidelines for Setting Up a Planning Group
..and much more
In summary, this is a highly detailed, highly practical guidebook, that all Maintenance practitioners should own. A 5-star recommendation. It is excellent value for money.
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